Sectional bin



, Oct. 2 1923. 1,469,7609 n U. S. STEWART SECTIONAL BIN Filed Nov. 5, 1922 mnmllnlmm naum .1W

l `Immun 9 f Painied Get. 2, 1923...

Vv20 v l Voneon top'of enothergend locked together uLrssEss'. STEWART,

'sEcTioNAE- BIN.

"f -Applicationeia-Novemre 3,' Y1922. `serial im. 598,726.` ff y in Sectional-Bins, 'of which the following 'ist a speciiicat-ion.

A l This invention relates to improvements in sectional knock-down bins. ,a l `One object orthe'invention is to provide 'an improved sections-l structure `for knockdo'wnibins whereby the .Wells ofthe bin may Jbe quickly assembled land; locked together 'by u means1 which"arefpermanently attached i 15 s iieh construction as tozpberigdly braced i Sagainst eitherinternal or external pressure.

Y rAnotherfobjectof the invention isto provide. ian "improved construction; ofzisectional bin inwhich the sections may be-assembled fag-einst leteraladisplacement, 'so that .the

. Jon! decreased 'as the contents are "snpplied 9'-, Withthese; androtherfobjects iii-view, the

:.invention isillustrated in .the locompanying drawing, wherein-,fj

one :from the :others spective.

I Fig.VV Sfsho'ws 'inperspeotive cornerfview ofithefbin.k

Fig.- 4. illustrates, iin-.perspec lvm-"en exfateriorfcornerviewjo: the bin,I wherein vtvvof fsections*onlyiareemployedn 'cen t" wa lls but j semeV would appearV if Vcnt on the line 6%-6V 1 'Referring' to th; drawings@ numeri lnsh when the twoere brought't'ogetherl In lthe prese-nt instance each'flsid'e -wall carries an Yzungle1ron9, on 'its outer sider VAwhich is rigldly'secnred theretoand which.

Vand each hook plate isjprovided.; Wi'thlgfa" but ,is parallel .to sedzvertical)end;13,

- drawing,

:turned hook'glq, ithereonf.. 7.2, 1 1 heightjof Vthe binsmay .be redily increased `interior above the:ilowermost-section,-theiinterior- "sectionsfbeneethgit, .Q flheflowerrnost section or ELTnvroEE,MAEYLANnfAssrGfnQE or oivEfiiALE'croEfoGAif Y sTEWnRT, O EEALTIMoEnjIvi-AEELAND;., J J

has da. right-angle be'nol lO, l A

,acrossithevert'cal edge-11,;ofs'clfsde will 9- V lend projects horizontally,forV a will .presently be explained-..7` 'i j Each end Wall.7,ofe sectioniisfprovided26e Y purpose rthat with@ hook plate l2, wh'ich is seoured'on the upper vedge -Ofsaid Wall*V and-projects laterilly beyond the; vertical endfl', thereof, :i

downetnrned hook; 14:, lwhichfjis spaced fromf.

fas f showninFig. 5,'offthe drawing.=;w&f

In' the Ypresentinsttncethflipper .l of each-side wallIS isgprovide'dwiith a.. corner Ttothe:walls1themselve s',`end whichwill be of x Y@nvr-h@ ineerioggeach'sideeen f. .vided :with aiverti'cllyfextendingbattenm Vthe' outer side of Vthe side waillffS carries;fris

wellsV towhich theyflare connectedirespe der-- and.end--wallslespectivel eneth thein so *lokepd.heeren eral displaeementby its b zittensengaging staple-.21,j iS -p'rovidedfjon the lowermostor the hasp engaged with the stapleand thus.

inside-,awedge pin29 With t Wire 3.0 therein beingpassed through the staple 21 to hold keep, said lowermost Walls in positions a't -ri'ghtfangles With respect toeach other.

Each end .Well 7, is preferably provided with `an eye or loop plate 21, as shown in..

Figsl1-4 and 6, of the drawing-for a purpose that will presently he explained.

rIn setting up the hin, the lowermost side Walls 8 Vand end walls 7", are broughtV to- ,.gether so that the ends 10, ot the angle-irons 9,: Willpverlapvthe vertical outertace of the side Walle, while the edge 23 or the hatten 19 on the inner side of the end Wall 7, Willfprojecty in trontfot-the vertical edge 24, of the hattenv 18 on the side Wall, es seen YinFig. 3', ofthe drawing; The down-turned hooks: 111, 4projecting from theA upper horizonftal edge of the endfwalls 7, are'also fitted 'over the endI orinotched' portion 15, of; the sidewall so that both side andend 'Walls of this lowerniost sectionV ere .thereby locked against either inwerd'or outward movement. 'Thehasp 20, and staple 21, are then brought intoA locking engagement on the inside-cor- Y' ner battens and securedr the pin'29 and Y Wire 80, and the lowermost section, comtop fot? thfe loiver section, in precisely the V.same mannen asiwasthe lower section, the

only' dihferencey being-that the battensfrl andi 17,'on the superposed sectionvwvill have `Vtheir lowerfV endsprojecting ldownwardly hex iowetlietopifedge ofthe section heneathit,

whereby to holdsaid superposed section againstlaterel displacement.

It' an third, fourth vorinorevsectionsi are de Y i f sired; tocgein the i desi-red height,j the: operv'ations of superposing Y simplyrepeated;I Y 451';

said. usections are The questions of providing a Vgvention, flou-t it preferably `is desirable to :provideaatop'or cover, Whether1 the hin'heone,

two', three or'inore sections in height: g Y

In the present instance Ii'provlde aa'coverl 25:, Whose underside. has crosswi'se 'hattens V"26,1"` secured *thereto-f' These bettens-.are

' spaced Vfrom thev end ed distance eqnalfto the oies 2:7', ofthe cover,

p A `loottoin-v for,y thehin' is oneftliet is immaterial tothe inA thickness "of thefnd u ,Walls 7, asseenfin Figs. 2 end- 6 o-tthefdrawings; r

. The battens 26, ofthe cover are also slight`- c Y ly shorter than rtheinterior Widthot the hin between the side Walls 8, so that when the Cover is laid on the uppermost section, the battens will snugly lit inside oi the end and side Walls and be held against lateral inovement. I also provide theA opposite ends of the cover With hasps 218,'vvhich are secured on the under side to the hattens and project 'from the cove-r so as to swing down overk the eyey orloop plates Y21', on the rend Walls 7, oitthe'uppermostv section, so that pad-locks may he pla-ced through the eyes and securely loclrthe cover in place.A y

Having described my invention, I claim,- 1. A' sectional Yknock-down 'hin v'Comprising a plurality of-supe-rposed sections each section having `separableend andsideV Wallsand eachen d Wall 'having means-'at each eind thereof toreXteri'orly engagingY the side Walls' and each-side Wallr having exterior' means etseachlend .thereoffor engaging the end Wells, and meanson'the interior 'andati' K Vingl a lowerVV section hevin'gsiide andeend Walls exterior means. 'on both'. yer'idsfo e'ach wall torv exteriorly engaging theotherfwall of said lowerrsection'g:inte-rior hette'ns on L both ends of each Wall fofi saidv lower' lsecV tion which hattensla-pwhen the Walls; are

brought together; lockingimeanson said in-V fr 'terior battens to loc-lr the saidzl'ower sectionc Wells together on the interior; 'a superposed section onrseid lowersection'said sruperpi'osed section alsohving side and end` Walls that are exteriorly locked togcther'and interior gether'and these latterlhattens lonth'e super- 1 posed .section extending-from' the superposed sectonipwvallsdown. at fthe inner` sidev of the walls'of the lower sectionwherebyto lock the" superposed section against lateral move-5"A y ment lwith respect to theV lower sectioifny Y In testimony Whereoflvrafx myjsignture-r innrssrsis;STEWART.:

battens onboth yends of thesupjerposed sec- Q Y tion Wallsftointeriorlyflock:theseine to-f f ibo 

